My coworkers come in late, leave early and take extended lunches. Help me deal with their behavior until I can finally leave this job. [more inside]
posted on May 6, 2008 - 45 answers

How do I know when I'm being self-assertive vs. being a jerk? [more inside]
posted on Mar 11, 2008 - 11 answers

Help me use game theory to better understand the seemingly irrational behavior at my workplace [more inside]
posted on Jan 30, 2008 - 16 answers

In a discussion with a co-worker today, it was mentioned that I seemed too "formal," and that another, unnamed co-worker, had brought it up and said that they found this formality offensive. [more inside]
posted on Jan 16, 2008 - 30 answers

Can a workplace (in PA) offer selective 401k benefits? [more inside]
posted on Jan 9, 2008 - 5 answers

Anybody remember where (the URL) to find the funny sign you can put near the workplace microwave about BURNING THE FREAKING MICROWAVE POPCORN? (At the risk of ending up on Passive-Aggressive Notes, I could use one right now.)
posted on Jan 7, 2008 - 10 answers

I have a coworker with intermittent odor issues (cigarette smoke and stinky food) and am hoping for some new suggestions in dealing with them. Non-confrontational, passive methods preferred. [more inside]
posted on Dec 11, 2007 - 36 answers

I'm afraid of someone at work. [more inside]
posted on Dec 10, 2007 - 39 answers

Management has promised an all-you-can-eat barbecue if we reach 30 days with no workplace injuries (four more days to go). Is this a harmless incentive to work safely, or a subtle way to discourage reporting an injury? Is this a common practice? I work in a physically demanding, industrial environment for a Fortune 500 corporation. The most common injuries result from lifting/lowering, repetitive motions, and encounters with equipment.
posted on Dec 3, 2007 - 15 answers

I’ve ratted out my company to a prospective client. [more inside]
posted on Oct 28, 2007 - 24 answers

Over the next 3-4 years, several people I work with may be moving to the area where I live. Naturally I'm wondering how I can somehow profit from this. [more inside]
posted on Oct 13, 2007 - 8 answers

iButton work bathroom conspiracy. Sometime ago I noticed a small silver object blue tacked to the wall high up in one of the executive bathroom cubicles at my workplace. [more inside]
posted on Sep 20, 2007 - 13 answers

You know the arrivals/departures screens that hang out in airports? I want one of those for my team, to help track the status of projects. What software do I need? [more inside]
posted on Sep 4, 2007 - 8 answers

Information on The Reid Report (AAR) pre-employment testing? Anyone take it? Fail it? Have a sample test? [more inside]
posted on Jul 4, 2007 - 1 answers

How to proceed with caution in dealing with a smart and talented boss who has anger-management and mental health problems...? [more inside]
posted on Jul 1, 2007 - 16 answers

How do you deal with companies that are badly managed? Are all companies badly managed? Is the "real world" just an endless fight to try and get things done? [more inside]
posted on Jun 5, 2007 - 20 answers

Quitting my job after 5 months. How do I (or rather, "Do I") explain to prospective employers that I'm leaving because of a verbally abusive manager? [more inside]
posted on Apr 16, 2007 - 12 answers

If there was ONE thing that you wish you had been taught at your current job what would that be? What I am looking for is not something like...."Don't talk to Spencer in HR, he is a perv," more on the lines of "how to get information on X when Y is not working," or "What things can program Z do to make my job easier?" I need to design some sort of educational media for workplaces (software or internet based) and I am looking for some juicy leads. General is better.Thanks
posted on Jan 31, 2007 - 29 answers

Two (or more) people are talking and a new person enters the group. One of the current group makes an obvious joke about the third. How is the person who enters the group "supposed" to react. [more inside]
posted on Oct 16, 2006 - 36 answers

JobTitleFilter: Help me re-name my job! [more inside]
posted on Sep 26, 2006 - 27 answers

Short question: how do I start sounding more confident? [more inside]
posted on Aug 3, 2006 - 18 answers

How do I deal with a Muslim co-worker who doesn't like me? [more inside]
posted on Jul 6, 2006 - 73 answers

OMFG. He's watching porn at work. What do I do now? [more inside]
posted on Jul 6, 2006 - 153 answers

Why are there so many bad employers? [more inside]
posted on Jun 19, 2006 - 42 answers

My employer recently banned listening to music at work. Anyone know of any research related to the effects music has at the workplace? [more inside]
posted on May 26, 2006 - 17 answers

How do I gently ask/remind my boss about a bonus that was promised to me in my original job offer? [more inside]
posted on Apr 12, 2006 - 24 answers

What technology practices in your workplace really seemed to make a difference? [more inside]
posted on Jan 10, 2006 - 12 answers

Should, and if so, how, should I say anything about my coworker's long lunch breaks? [more inside]
posted on Jan 3, 2006 - 16 answers

Please help me identify and address a specific negative workplace behavior. Is this person being passive aggressive? [more inside]
posted on Dec 13, 2005 - 28 answers

My boss just had a baby. It's a small company. She's bringing it to work everyday. How do I tell her that this is bad? [more inside]
posted on Nov 17, 2005 - 132 answers

I need help with a gag Christmas gift for a father/boss... [more inside]
posted on Nov 11, 2005 - 4 answers

My mother is involved with a very upsetting situation at work, and I don't know what to advise her. She's the subject of a complaint of discrimination. [more inside]
posted on Sep 30, 2005 - 34 answers

How can I decide if I'm management material? [more inside]
posted on Sep 23, 2005 - 17 answers

Is there any way to recall an email in Lotus Notes? [more inside]
posted on Jul 14, 2005 - 4 answers

I like a girl. She likes me. There's two small but big things keeping us apart, and I dunno how to solve them. The first has nothing to do with her, and the second does. Advice would be appreciated. [more inside]
posted on Jun 15, 2005 - 23 answers

I seek examples of unusual or funny nicknames people in your places of employment have given other people, and how they came to be. [more inside]
posted on Jun 7, 2005 - 37 answers

I'm at a conference for work, and have just had a very disturbing incident. I wonder if I should worry about my job... [more inside]
posted on Apr 24, 2005 - 30 answers

Today I tendered my two weeks notice at my job of 4 years. I spoke directly to my manager on this matter and have told no one else (at work). What is the proper etiquette regarding telling my co-workers? [more inside]
posted on Feb 18, 2005 - 10 answers

I have to learn a new way to communicate in my workplace. That giant flushing sound you hear from the more inside is my career.
posted on Jan 23, 2005 - 35 answers

What can/should you do for a co-worker in your department who only has a few weeks left to live, and is already at the hospital?

Even if you aren't particularly close, one has the feeling one should do something. But what?
posted on Jan 14, 2005 - 15 answers

a question of ettiquette: it's not uncommon for me (bloke, straight, 31) to compliment co-workers - both male and female - on their clothes, hair, shoes etc. If a woman at work is wearing a string-strap tank top which will always leave her bra-straps exposed, is it bad form to say (if it's true): "hey, nice bra."? it's not like it's been ACCIDENTALLY exposed or anything, but... I dunno... what rules apply here?
posted on Dec 29, 2004 - 62 answers

WorkplaceEtiquetteFilter: I plan to give my boss his Christmas gift tomorrow. But now I've seen some people on some other sites (fark, ahem) saying that getting a gift for the boss is "ass-sucking" (they sure have a way of talking over there!). So I'm wondering: is my rather nice gift going to be perceived as my being an ass? [+]
posted on Dec 21, 2004 - 33 answers

My workplace (in the UK) has recently decided that every desk must have a laminated card with "Action To Be Taken In The Event Of A Bomb Threat". This strikes me as somewhat bizarre in that although I work for a communications company there is no infrastructure here to damage (barring remote switch access). Should the fact that these have been posted around the building out of the blue trigger a paranoia alert or is it just the company being a tad silly? Does anyone out there have any experience with this sort of thing?

Moderately Concerned of Yorkshire
posted on Nov 17, 2004 - 22 answers

Workplace racism and etiquette advice. MI.
posted on Sep 6, 2004 - 16 answers

There's a new art exhibition in London showing works of art taken from people's workplaces, for example, sketches by particle physicists. Unfortunately I can't remember what it's called or anything else about it. Can anyone shed light on this, and if so, have you been to it?
posted on Jul 3, 2004 - 2 answers

How do you deal with racism in the workplace? A little more inside...
posted on May 21, 2004 - 26 answers